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A step-by-step guide through the process of programme evaluation which takes into account all the evaluator's roles -- not just as researcher, but as negotiator, administrator and organizer, writer, and communicator. Kosekoff and Fink offer some of the techniques that have proven useful in their own professional evaluation practice. They show how to appraise a programme's merit, and provide information about its goals, expectations, outcomes, impact and costs.
List of contents
Chapter 1: An Approach to Program Evaluation
Chapter 2: Planning and Management
Chapter 3: Setting Standards
Chapter 4: Designing Evaluations and Selecting Samples
Chapter 5: Collecting Information
Chapter 6: Analyzing Information
Chapter 7: Writing and Reporting
About the author
Arlene Fink (PhD) is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of the Langley Research Institute. Her main interests include evaluation and survey research and the conduct of research literature reviews as well as the evaluation of their quality. Dr. Fink has conducted scores of evaluation studies in public health, medicine, and education. She is on the faculty of UCLA’s Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and is a scientific and evaluation advisor to UCLA’s Gambling Studies and IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling & Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) programs. She consults nationally and internationally for agencies such as L’institut de Promotion del la Prévention Secondaire en Addictologie (IPPSA) in Paris, France, and Peninsula Health in Victoria, Australia. Professor Fink has taught and lectured extensively all over the world and is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and 15 textbooks.
Summary
A step-by-step guide through the process of programme evaluation which takes into account all the evaluator's roles - not just as researcher, but as negotiator, administrator and organizer, writer, and communicator. It offers some of the techniques that have proven useful in their own professional evaluation practice.
